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Advancing Sustainable Consumption in Asia - A Guidance Manual

(To download the manual click on the header)This guidance manual is prepared as part of the project “Capacity Building for Implementation of UN Guidelines for Consumer Protection (Sustainable Consumption) in Asia“ (SC.Asia). The SC.Asia project is financially supported by the European Union’s Asia Pro Eco Programme with 330.000 Euros, and implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme in

After the Tsunami: Sri Lanka Rising to the Challenges

Presentation by Uchita de Zoysa, CED at the University of Tropical Medicine, London and organized by LONDON21 (February 2005)26th Sunday December 2004. Between 9-10.00am I was disturbed by my dog howling in a high tone. My mother-in-Law calls and informs us the sea is coming inland. I get a call from India (a consumer activist) to see whether I am safe. Even when media started reporting we did

The Oslo Declaration on Sustainable Consumption

(Authors: Arnold Tukker, Maurie J. Cohen, Uchita de Zoysa, Edgar Hertwich, Patrick Hofstetter, Atsushi Inaba, Sylvia Lorek, and Eivind Stø)The future course of the world depends on humanity’s ability to provide a high quality of life for a prospective nine billion people without exhausting the Earth’s resources or irreparably damaging its natural systems. It was on the basis of this recognition

Making Sustainable Consumption & Production Work in Developing Countries: The Role of Eco Labeling, Environmental Claims and Market Surveillance

(Presentation by Uchita de Zoysa, CED to ISO/COPOLCO Workshop: How can environmental standards help promote sustainable consumption? – May 2006 Malaysia)A Dutch intern in Sri Lanka wanted to have a banana. So he went to thenearest boutique and asked for a banana. The vendor asked how manykilo’s. The intern was confused and repeated how much is for a banana.The vendor was more confused. He said Rs

CED Launches BWCC in Malaysia

LAUNCH OF THE “BETTER WORLD CHILDREN’S CLUB” MALAYSIA IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2006 on the 27TH MAY 2006 at ERA COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN, YOUTH AND CHILDREN, DENGKIL Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations (FOMCA), in collaboration with ERA Consumer Malaysia and the ERA Community Center for the Development of Women, Youth and Children organized